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Lance Corporal LEONARD WITHINGTON

Service Number: 4037775
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 July 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

VIII. A 1.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Martha Withington, of Wellington, Shropshire.
  • Personal Inscription TO HIM WHO LOVED US AND GAVE HIMSELF FOR US BE ALL GLORY PRAISE AND HONOUR
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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